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Sunday, July 25, 2010

Sunday, July 25, 2010

As you may know, the San Diego Comic Con has been taking over the interwebs this weekend with its superhero spandex and glorious geekery. Now, John and I are not at Comic Con, but in its honor, here are some Sweets to help you get your geek on.

Submitted by Christine C., & made by the amazing Courtney of Cake Nouveau

I hear this thing's so much bigger on the inside, it can feed thousands.

Just a note to let you know how much joy your work puts into my day! I work as a charge nurse at a very humorless prison (will be changing that very soon!) I also imagine that one day I'll be a master cake decorator. Alas, I doubt I'll find enough time to practice to be more than a wreckerator! LOVE your site!! Thanks, Pam M.

The Han Solo in carbonite is awesome, but I expect nothing less from Charm City.I will never forget my first Dragon*Con when I saw a Princess Leia in the gold bikini that stood out from the others. She was about 7 months pregnant and had written the word "baby" on here belly. It was disturbing and still haunts me.

the thing about the han solo cake is, that wile being awesome in its own right, you have to step back and ask yourself this: if I had this ONE cake to do, or spend the majority of time on for however many days straight, is this such an admirable feat? in some ways yes, in others, ehhh maybe. give me a cake show and i'll spin up some sweet stuff too for thousands of dollars. :)

@ Anony 1:24 - I think Charm City has made more than one Han cake; this one is actually a wedding cake. If you follow the link in the credit, you'll see pics of the Halloween & Star Wars themed wedding. :)

I live in SD and work downtown, very close to the convention center where ComicCon is being held, and if you think there were zombies enough on the cake, you should have seen the streets of downtown San Diego last week! Bloody nurses, monsters, black wizards, vampires, and just a plethora of unidentifiable things. If the traffic problems weren't so difficult to maneuver, I'd have been really amused!

Actually, the traffic cones are mine. They're made out of polymer clay. As is the thing that looks like a watch that isn't that I can't remember what it is called, but KierraWindsong made that, as she did everything else on there.

All the times I teased her about ending up on CakeWrecks, I'm both disappointed and incredibly proud it was as a Sunday Sweet! (Disappointed, because of the lack of all future teasing.)

The Myst world is one of those rare, tragic storyverses that keep their awesomeness even after mismanagement and an attempted reboot. If you want a taste of it without having to play through the frustrations and once-cutting-edge graphics (which are now kind of embarrassing), hunt up Myst: The Book of Atrus. Steampunkers especially-- prepare to be wowed.

The Marge Simposon cake is by Sweet Art in Sydney Australia http://www.sweetart.com.au/ They had it in their window on Oxford Street for the Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras. Rainbow hair = gay pride. They do the most amazing stuff!

Oh Myst! I once stayed up the whole night playing Riven (sequel to Myst)and the fact I just couldn't get past the one gate thing still haunts me. I had everything right, I worked it all out...Why wouldn't it let me through? Why? Why? *whimper*

My vote's for the Tardis too, more due to be a lifelong Dr Who fan. It looks a bit too new to have been up to much time travelling - perhaps it belonged to the first Doctor? The Han Solo cake is awesome.

Hi! Yep, the Marge cake is from SweetArt (creator of the oh-so-fabulous Barbie Cake). I remember gawking at it in the window on Oxford Street, Sydney! I'm so thrilled to have seen a Sunday Sweet in the err... flesh?/frosting?/fondant?Love your work Jen!

just wanted to let everyone know that han in carbonite was indeed our wedding cake! the guys at charm city cakes were super stoked to do it and took a lot of extra care in the details. one detail in particular (ahem). unfortunately, it was not the one featured on the show. bummer. and yes, if you click the link, you get a bit more info on the cake.

That TARDIS cake is awesome. My birthday is in a few weeks...I'll have to consider that one, because I'm a LOT older than I look :) or is that I'm a lot older on the insider than I feel on the outside, or is it... :)

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